desiderate

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He will desiderate greater variety of testimony,—the utmost variety which is attainable.

From The Traditional Text of the Holy Gospels by Burgon, John William

That the oneness requires425 proof is prima facie evidence that it is a value, a desiderate, not an existence.

From Creative Intelligence Essays in the Pragmatic Attitude by Bode, Boyd H.

Then, as the exciting sounds draw nearer and nearer, do I desiderate those eyes of Aristarchus, 'whose looks were as a breeching to a boy.'

From The Complete Poetical Works of James Russell Lowell by Lowell, James Russell

Unity is the common desiderate of philosophic systems of all metaphysical types—neutral, materialistic, idealistic.

From Creative Intelligence Essays in the Pragmatic Attitude by Bode, Boyd H.

Both desiderate a world which is not now, musing with fierce bitterness or cold resignation upon that which was once but is no longer.

From The Origins and Destiny of Imperial Britain Nineteenth Century Europe by Cramb, J. A. (John Adam)